Tag: electronic trading

Technology Has Changed Wall Street, But Humans Are Still In Charge

Technology has fundamentally changed the financial markets over the past two decades. By and large, these changes have been positive – lower trading costs for investors, a reduction in errors, greater transparency and an overall reduction in systemic risk. But recent volatility has reignited a decade’s old conversation about what impact automated trading has on the market. […]

A Conversation With Virtu’s CEO, Doug Cifu

On February 7th I spoke with Virtu Financial’s CEO Doug Cifu.  The conversation touched on Virtu’s history, recent acquisitions, equity and fixed income market structure and the impact of high-speed trading on markets in general and market volatility more specifically.  We recorded the session and loaded it as a podcast on SoundCloud.  Perfect for your […]

US Treasury Market Structure Is Definitely Changing

Greenwich Associates just published my recent work examining changes to how US Treasurys are traded.  After years of little change, some real disruption now seems in the cards; direct streams are growing as a method for trading while the dealer-to-dealer and dealer-to-client markets overlap now more than ever.  Bloomberg News did a great job covering the […]